I worked out my approach to yeast and low sodium in baking in a Panasonic SD-YD250 for medium (1.5 lb.) loaves June, July and August, 2018. BLBMC recipes did not work in that machine. For 50% salt, I reduce salt and yeast by 50%. I adjusted yeast for BLBMC recipes baked in Panasonic SD-YD250 machine. The BLBMC recipes for white bread loaves worked in the Panasonic with the adaptation. When I started to bake in a Zojirushi BB-PAC20, I changed my method of writing recipes in tables, and changed my recipes to specify the amount of instant yeast for that machine.

The Zojirushi manual provides recipes for basic white flour loaves, including a sandwich bread called Basic White Bread. I noticed Zojirushi’s approach to measuring flour. Its recipes identify volume and weight, but it advises users to scoop flour and fill a measuring cup. This means a less dense or lighter cup than a meauring cup dragged through the flour. This has to watched. I use the amount of flour in the Zojirushi recipe by weight.

Zojirushi’s recipes refer to Fleischmann’s active dry yeast and rapid-rise yeast. I think active dry yeast is less dense than instant yeast, and use 6/7 of the amount of active dry yeast the recipe requires. This seems to work with loaves made with bread flour and multigrain loaves.

Here are a few bread flour sandwich loaf recipes, including:

sandwich loaves, 100% bread flour, with some dry milk (milk powder);

sandwich loaf with up to 33% whole wheat;

sandwich loaf with specialty flour and seeds

Zojirushi Basic White:

Basic Bake Program

Source

50% sodium

50% sodium

Zojirushi

Medium Loaf

@ 80% Medium

Ingredient

Weight [V]

Weight [V]
{water}

Weight

(Active Dry Yeast)

4.2 g.

Instant Yeast

3.6 g.

1.7 g.

1.4 g.

Bread Flour

416 g.

416 g.

333 g.

Skim Milk Powder

9 g. [1.5 tbsp.]

9 g. [1.5 tbsp.]

7.2 g. [1.2 tbsp.
( = 3.5 tsp.)]

Sugar

35 g. [3 tbsp.]

35 g. [3 tbsp.]

28 g. [2.5 tbsp.]

Salt

8.4 g. [1.5 tsp.]

4.2 g.

3.4 g.

Butter

2 tbsp.

28 g. [2 tbsp.]
{4 g.}

[2 tbsp.]
{4 g.}

Water

237 g. [1 cup]

237 g.

189 g.

BLBMC Country White:

Source

50% Sodium

50% Sodium

BLBMC
Medium Loaf

Medium Loaf

@ 75% Medium

Program

Basic Bake

Basic Bake

Basic Bake

Ingredient

Volume

Weight [V ]

Instant Yeast

2 tsp.

2.8 g.

I.Y. BB-PAC20

1.6 g.

1.2 g.

I.Y. Low

1 tsp.

1.4 g

Bread Flour

3 cups

417 g.

313 g.

Instant Potato Flakes

1.5 tbsp.

[1.5 tbsp.]

1 tbsp + .5 tsp

Skim Milk Powder

3 tbsp.

[3 tbsp.]

2 tbsp + .75 tsp

Sugar

1 tbsp.

[1 tbsp.]

2.25 tsp.

Salt

1.5 tsp

4.3 g.

3.2 g.

Gluten

1 tbsp.

Oil; Canola or Olive

1 tbsp.

[1 tbsp.]

2.25 tsp.

Water

1.33 cups

305 g.

230 g.

BLBMC Honey Whole Wheat. 33% whole wheat flour and honey flavoured:

Source

50% Sodium

50% Sodium

BLBMC
Medium Loaf

Medium Loaf

@ 85% Medium

Program

Basic Bake

Ingredient

Volume

Weight [V.]
{water}

Weight [V.]
{water}

Instant Yeast

2.25 tsp.

3.2 g.

I.Y. BB-PAC20

1.8 g.

1.5 g.

I.Y. Low

1 1/8 tsp

1.6 g.

Bread Flour

2 cups

285 g.

242 g.

Whole Wheat

1 cup

139 g.

118 g.

Gluten

4 tsp.

8 g. [1 tbsp.]

6.6 g.

Salt

2 tsp.

5.7 g.

4.8 g.

Butter

1 tbsp.

[1 tbsp.]
{2 g.}

[1 tbsp]
{2 g.}

Honey

.25 cups

80 g.
{16 g.}

60 g. [3 tbsp.]
{12 g.}

Large egg

1

57 g.
{36 g.}

57 g.
{36 g. water}

Skim Milk

.5 cups

123 g.
{112 g.}

105 g.
{95 g.}

Water

.33 cups

90 g. *

73 g. *

BLBMC Buckwheat-Millet. Some buckwheat flour and some millet for texture: